What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 65 Professional Contracts
"Actually, the stadium has been renamed the Johan Cruyff Arena, but I still like to call it the Amsterdam Arena, Ali, do you know why?"

Ali Dursson looks at Van der Sar.

"I really don't know about this, Mr. Van der Sar, how about—"

"Hey, Ali, I already called you Ali, and I didn't call you Mr. Dursson. Why do you still call me Mr. Van der Sar?"

"Then I'll go straight to it, Edwin."

"That's right. In today's friendly match, the two players you signed started. You should be very happy."

"Yeah, I'm really happy that Lin and Frankie can start. I thought it would take some time for Lin to take over as the new coach."

"No, Lin is someone who both Mark and I are optimistic about, and Eric thinks the same as us."

"Edwin, you said directly that Lin is the person you are optimistic about, aren't you afraid that I will ask for more money?"

"Ali, it's not that I haven't negotiated with you. I know you are not the kind of greedy person. You are different from Raiola's agent. You care more about sustainable development and the future development of players. I I believe we can reach a unification on the matter of Lin."

"That's the best."

Just when the two were chatting happily.

Suddenly, there was a huge cheer from the stands.

Ali laughed and looked at Van der Sar.

"The connection between De Jong and Lin."

On the court, De Jong made a long pass over the top. Lin stopped the ball with his chest sideways, then unloaded the ball, and then volleyed the ball.

1:0.

For this goal, there were only two passes in total, and the ball was scored.

And for this goal, Lin Kedi's direct shot without stopping the ball also showed his skills.

Ali is happy. Now, as long as Lin Kedi scores more goals, he will be able to negotiate the contract more smoothly.

Originally, Ali felt that Ajax had changed a lot this summer. It was not certain whether the new coach liked Lin Kedi or not, but unexpectedly, it seems that Ten Hag has gradually started to let Lin play the main force.

The 16-year-old Ajax's main force, this name is already valuable enough.

In the following time, the two sides fought back and forth.

The main striker of the Lyon team in this game is Traore, who joined Ajax on loan last season, and he played very hard in this game.

But until he was replaced, he did not score.

After the start of the second half, Lin Kedi became more and more active in the frontcourt.

De Jong made another long pass to Lin Kedi directly, trying to replicate Linde's connection in the first half of the game.

As for this pass, Lin Kedi didn't catch it very well at first, and the ball bounced out.

Just when everyone thought the ball was gone, Lin Kedi rushed over at an accelerated speed, got the ball, and then shot a powerful shot from the left side in front of the penalty area.

The ball roared and broke the goal guarded by Lopez.

2 to 0, Lin Kedi scored twice.

Although it was a friendly match, the fiery state of Lin Kedi really made Ten Hag on the sidelines very happy.

In the 5 games of the preseason, Ten Hag was very dissatisfied with Huntelaar's state.

Although Huntelaar had goals and assists in the preseason, his physical condition was indeed not suitable for Ten Hag's tactics.

Ten Hag himself feels that his tactics are not strictly high-position oppression, but enhanced offensive tactics.

After the game, Van der Sar invited Alli to his office.

Ali knew that the main event was coming.

Just sat down.

Van der Sar spoke first.

Our sincerity is very high.

We are willing to give a contract with an annual salary of 90 euros after tax, and there will be a bonus clause.

Ali was stunned, this contract is indeed very sincere, no, it should be called too tm sincere.

You must know that Ali's previous expected value is that when it comes to 52 euros, such an average is enough. After all, Lin Kedi has only played two first-team games with full play.

That's right, Lin Kedi performed very well in these two games.

But no one can guarantee that this is not a flash in the pan.

And Lin Kedi's performance in the preseason was very good, which also gave Ali a little confidence. He originally wanted to ask for an annual salary of 70 euros first, and then negotiate slowly.

But I didn't expect that Van der Sar didn't play false, and went to a showdown of 90.

After Ali was stunned, he immediately asked.

"What about the age limit?"

"5-year contract plus 2-year priority renewal."

"Year 7?"

Ali was a little hesitant at this time. The two-year priority renewal is to put it bluntly, an unconditional renewal.

Lin Kedi is 16 years old this year, and even after 7 years, he will only be 23 years old, very young.

In this way, there is actually nothing unacceptable to Ali.

However, if such a contract is directly negotiated, if Lin Kedi performs well in the future and wants to raise his salary or transfer, a considerable part of the initiative will be in the hands of the club.

After all, the contract period is long.

Ali hesitated.

"If we just sign a five-year contract, plus a liquidated damages clause, we can appropriately reduce the annual salary here."

Ali had communicated with Lin Kedi before, but he did not expect that Van der Sar would offer such a price.

"Liquidated damages are impossible. Most of our Ajax players do not have liquidated damages. How about it, Ali, I believe you would not have thought of such a proposal from me at first, so why don't you go back and discuss it with Lin?" ?”

Ali has been a football agent for so long, and it took him a long time to feel this kind of being manipulated. This feeling is hard for him to describe.

So he bid farewell to Van der Sar.

The next morning I made an appointment with Lin Kedi to meet at a coffee shop.

As soon as they met, the two didn't exchange pleasantries, and directly entered the topic of conversation.

"Ajax club gave you an annual salary of 90 euros after tax, 40 euros more than we originally thought. But they asked for a contract period of seven years."

"7 years? Isn't it only possible to sign for a maximum of 5 years?"

"Cough, no, it's just that most teams sign for 5 years, but this time the condition given by the Ajax club is that in the fifth year, the team has the priority to renew the contract without any additional conditions. So this is 5 years. Lin, how are you going to choose?"

"Seven years, I can actually accept it, but in this case, if I perform well in the future, if I want to raise my salary or transfer, then the initiative will be in the hands of the club, after all, this is a long-term contract. "

"This question depends on how you look at yourself. If you think you can grow quickly, then don't sign this kind of long-term contract. If you think you can take a long time, you can sign it. Are you What do you think?"

"I believe that I can grow up quickly. The main question is, if we follow the initial idea of ​​five years plus liquidated damages, will there be any problems with my playing time?"

Lin Kedi now has a shadow over his experience of not being able to play in the second team no matter how hard he trained.

"I really can't guarantee this. After all, it seems that the Ajax club still gives Ten Hag a lot of power."

"That," Lin Kedi was silent for a while.

"Five-year contracts are the most, you just need to crush this line to negotiate."

"Okay, I think the same as you. I believe you are a genius, and I also believe that you can achieve something soon. The Eredivisie should not be your end, but your starting point."

(End of this chapter)